Spanish ‘Businessman’ Arrested at Abuja Airport with 2.2kg Heroin Stash

A 40-year-old Madrid, Spain-based ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo, arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, has excreted 93 pellets of heroin weighing 2.222 kilogrammes.

Egbo was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Saturday, October 14, after a body scanner revealed that he ingested wraps of illicit drugs in his stomach.

Confirming the development, yesterday, NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect was subsequently placed under observation at the Agency’s exhibit recovery room where he excreted 93 pellets of heroin weighing 2.222 kilogrammes.

According to Babafemi, the suspect, in his statement, claimed he works at a chicken hatchery farm in Madrid, Spain and is also into drug trafficking business.